Today our CEO Cat Gander was on the Ending Homelessness Together Panel, who made the important point that many women fleeing violence have to provide “𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞” to prove they have experienced DFV and are homeless. This is often a huge barrier.⁣👉

Refuges are an important place to support mum's and their children at a critical time in their lives.⁣ ⁣Here's what our Children's DV Specialist Caseworkers have achieved in the last year.👉

DV West supports the YES VOTE to make sure Aboriginal people are in the Constitution and they have a Voice to Parliament.❤️💛🖤 Check out this e-learning course to get informed ulurustatement.org/training/#/

2023 Child Protection Week:‘Where we start matters’ ⁣ ⁣ 𝐃𝐕 𝗪𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐃𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐕𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞. ⁣ ⁣ Here is how we do it⁣👉

Children matter.⁣ 𝗪𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐠𝐞𝐬.⁣❤ Here's what our Blue Mountains Refuge have done👍

DV West supports YES to Aboriginal people being included in the Constitution and their Voice to Parliament.❤️💛🖤 Here's an important message 👉

DV West says YES ❤️💛🖤 Many Aboriginal people want to be included in the Constitution and have a Voice to Parliament. Check this out 👉

Listening to Aboriginal people about what it means to be included in the Constitution and having a Voice to Parliament is important. ❤️💛🖤 Here is what Rachel Perkins says 👉

YES YES YES ❤️💛🖤 Here are other countries who have recognised their First Nations peoples 👉

"There is no safety for women without safety for children too." Download our paper on the rights of the child in domestic violence situations now safeandtogetherinstitute.com/voice-of-the-c… Download free webinar academy.safeandtogetherinstitute.com/course/quick-t… Listen to the podcast safeandtogetherinstitute.com/season-4-episo… #16Days

Exciting news alert📢! This Friday we will be unleashing some interesting insights from victims-survivors that accessed our specialist #domesticviolence support. It aligns with #HumanRightsDay on Sunday. Get ready to dive deep into our upcoming report - #SaveTheDate .

Want to hear what victim-survivors said they needed to get safe and recover from domestic violence? Read it now (and more) in our freshly released report! dvwest.org.au #DomesticViolence #GenderBasedViolence #WomenEmpowerment

Olympian Melissa Hoskins had a right to be safe in her home. Instead, she was killed by husband Rohan Dennis, while the media now praise his cycling career & dilute her name. Australia is in a domestic violence crisis. Our failing media isn't helping #MelissaHoskins #SayHerName

We are seeking a skilled and experienced Aboriginal Manager for our Wirrawee Gunya service. For more information & how to apply: seek.com.au/job/72291103?r… #Aboriginal #Recruiting #DomesticAbuse

Connections to family, kinship, culture, & community play a vital role in healing from DFV. How? Read this in our Specialist Children's Program Evaluation Report - launching Wednesday 13 March. @safeandtogether David Mandel #DomesticAbuse #childrensvoices #report

Mothers' protective actions and strategies are rarely recognised. 100% of the mother-carers in our program reported a better understanding of their strengths and protective strategies. Read our report tomorrow to find out why! #domesticviolenceawareness

Today we officially launch the report that evaluates our children's program at the @SafeAndTogether conference in Melbourne. Report is available to read now on our website: dvwest.org.au David Mandel #domesticviolence #ChildrensSafety #SafeAndTogether

Through the support of our Children and Young Person’s Framework, no children were removed. Report is available to read on our website (dvwest.org.au) NOW! David Mandel DomesticViolenceNSW SNAICC #domesticviolence #ChildrensSafety #SafeAndTogether

𝗪𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲, 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 & 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐮𝐦𝐬 & 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧. Read the report on dvwest.org.au #ChildrensSafety

After support through our program 71% reported a reduction in unsafe contact with the perpetrator. We Read the report on our website (dvwest.org.au). The outcomes are presented today at the @safeandtogether conference. #domesticviolence #ChildrensSafety #SafeAndTogether